The acquainted face we’ve got seen on our cash for many years has gotten one more commemorative coin. The Royal Canadian Mint launched its newest particular coin to honour the legacy of Queen Elizabeth, considered one of a number of in a particular Monarch Effigy assortment.

The most recent addition is a one-ounce pure silver coin titled The Imperial State Crown, which has a face worth of $20 however a $159.95 price ticket.

The design contains symbolism that considers the Queen’s trademark crown. The coin’s reverse, designed by Mint engraver Cecily Mok, options a creative illustration of the Imperial State Crown, as considered from above. The coin has an association of eight blue and eight inexperienced glass stones, which stand in for the array of valuable gems that adorn the crown. The evaluation contains 4 crystals, with every representing the effigies which have graced Canada’s cash since 1953. On the “heads” aspect of the coin, there’s a sequence of 4 effigies of the Queen from over the previous few a long time, together with a Tudor rose and her yr of delivery and loss of life.

Launched final week, this commemorative coin has proved to be a preferred merchandise — regardless of its price ticket – because it’s already offered out on-line. A gold model of the coin, which was going for $8,259.95, can be offered out. The 1 oz. Pure Gold Coin in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Cypher, together with a pure platinum model, have additionally offered out.

For these trying to put money into a chunk of the Queen’s historical past, there are a couple of different choices within the assortment accessible on the market or pre-order, together with a $2 particular wrap-roll with a outer black ring to commemorate her passing, or a $5 coin that incorporates a color portrait taken on the Queen’s final Canadian homecoming in 2010. Titled the Queen Elizabeth’s Portrait, that quarter-ounce silver coin runs for $34.95.